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Urasterella biradialis

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae

Taxonomy
Urasterella biradialis was named by Withers and Keble (1934). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Ulrichaster biradialis by Spencer (1950).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Urasterella biradialis Withers and Keble
1950Ulrichaster biradialis Spencer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyUrasterellidae
genusUrasterella
speciesbiradialisWithers and Keble 1934

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Urasterella biradialis Withers and Keble 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-08 02:28:25
Modified: 2009-09-08 04:28:25
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake and Rozhnov 2007, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available